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San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly has signaled that inflation may take longer to return to the central bank's target, a message that keeps Bitcoin's rate-cut tailwind conditional rather than guaranteed for liquidity-sensitive assets.
Bitcoin ETFs shed roughly 77,000 BTC in a single quarter, and early reporting points to retail investors, not large institutions, as the group leading the retreat.
Elon Musk's X is exploring stablecoins to pay influencers and content providers, according to a report published on August 20, 2026. The wording describes an internal discussion rather than a launched feature.
Bitcoin and the US dollar move through the same macro plumbing, but the link is not the simple mirror image many traders assume.
An unknown wallet flagged for links to a past exploit reportedly spent $38. 53 million buying ETH as Ethereum climbed, according to on-chain trackers, an ETH hacker buys $38.
A formal dissent count records only officials who vote against the decision. It does not capture policymakers who supported the outcome while still favoring more restrictive language, projections, or guidance, which is why a 9-3 tally can hide broader agreement.
Maya Protocol was hit by an exploit that drained bitcoin and other assets, cutting roughly $11 million from its pool value and putting a fresh spotlight on the security of cross-chain liquidity infrastructure.
Bitcoin's leveraged bulls face a defined danger zone at $57,000, the price level where a break lower could trigger a broad wave of long liquidations as thin market liquidity threatens to amplify any sell-off.
spot Bitcoin ETFs swung back into positive territory on Aug. 17 with a net inflow of +$126.
SOL is eyeing a possible $83 breakout after Cathie Wood's ARK Invest added 7,115 shares of the 3iQ Solana staking ETF, a positioning move that has traders watching how institutional appetite could shape the next leg for Solana's price.
The S&P 500 slipped while Bitcoin pushed higher ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve minutes, a cross-market divergence that has traders weighing what the next macro signal means for both equities and crypto.
The core signal is agreement. Rather than one venue showing an outlier reading, all three markets sit inside the same 74%-75% band on the question of whether the Fed leaves rates unchanged, with Kalshi's September Fed decision contract among the actively traded venues.